PORTRAYING THE DIVINE IN SIKH ART

THE GURUS & SACRED SCRIPTURES: PORTRAYING THE DIVINE IN SIKH ART
The arts of the Sikhs and Punjab are extraordinarily rich. Discover how the Sikh Gurus are represented in fine miniature paintings, illustrated manuscripts, murals and oleographs. Explore the visual narratives in Janamsakhi paintings – the hagiographical accounts of the life of the first Guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev ji and how the core beliefs of Sikhism are portrayed in historical, modern and contemporary Sikh art.

Jasleen Kandhari is an art historian specialising in the artistic heritage and material culture of the Punjab. She lectures for the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford on Indian & Asian art and will be teaching a summer school there on Asian textiles including textiles from the Punjab.

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On arrival please ask for Manraj Singh Othi or Lovepreet Singh Samra